The MP you elect on 4th July could help shape the future of food and farming in Somerset. So what kind of change do they want to enact? We invited Hugh Thomas from the Wallfish Journal to tell us more
I have been asked by a friend to put the following comment to you:-
"This is a good read, but there is an error in the caption: "Low hanging fruit, but we only eat 17% of what we grow" i.e. we export 83% of the food we grow.
Whereas what Sarah Dyke said was "... we only eat 17% of fruit and 55% of vegetables that are grown in the UK". So in other words we import 83% of the fruit we eat, which is very different."
Alan thanks for the kind comments and the observation. I'm not sure I completely agree about the caption. Surely if what Sarah said was "... we only eat 17% of fruit and 55% of vegetables that are grown in the UK" then that must mean we do indeed export the rest. What Sarah didn't say, I think, is that "we only produce 17% of the fruit we eat in the UK". That certainly would imply we import the rest. But based on what she said, we do think the caption is correct?
I have been asked by a friend to put the following comment to you:-
"This is a good read, but there is an error in the caption: "Low hanging fruit, but we only eat 17% of what we grow" i.e. we export 83% of the food we grow.
Whereas what Sarah Dyke said was "... we only eat 17% of fruit and 55% of vegetables that are grown in the UK". So in other words we import 83% of the fruit we eat, which is very different."
Best regards
Adrian Dalziel
Alan thanks for the kind comments and the observation. I'm not sure I completely agree about the caption. Surely if what Sarah said was "... we only eat 17% of fruit and 55% of vegetables that are grown in the UK" then that must mean we do indeed export the rest. What Sarah didn't say, I think, is that "we only produce 17% of the fruit we eat in the UK". That certainly would imply we import the rest. But based on what she said, we do think the caption is correct?